When did I move from being a child to a parent, from student to teacher and from writer to author? How quickly the tide turns! And what next?
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Midyear Review – Reading, Writing and Other Projects
Like last year, I am using The Goodbye 2021 Hello 2022 planner this time as well. However, I didn’t do such a great job of updating it at the end of the first quarter. However, I sat with it over the weekend to do a mid-year check-in. Bookish adventures Every...
What We Count and What We Collect
Now that July is here, it is clear that half of 2022 is gone. That’s 26 weeks done and dusted. Earlier this year when I read Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, I was struck by how we measure our life quantitatively. Our existence on this planet is counted...
Why I Enjoy Taking Photos
 Not long ago, I would be annoyed at my daughter for stopping us from diving into a lovely meal at a restaurant so that she could take a photograph of the pristine plate.  She was on social media. I was not.  Of course, I wasn't pleased with this public display of...
Tea For Two – Learning The Art of Savoring Conversations
We had a long weekend here in Singapore for Good Friday. After each such weekend, I wish that every weekend was a long one. Most regular weekends are spent flitting between tasks that seek to ambush and bombard me. A three-day weekend gives me a chance to slow...
When Marriage Disintegrates Into Divorce
The year I turned 40, two important relationships in my life ended. My mother died. And I filed for divorce. My mother’s death was sudden and unexpected. But my marriage had been a disaster in the making for almost two decades. Loss, whether to cruel death or...
Timely Thoughts to Welcome March
When you get to the end of your life, the sum total of all the things you paid attention to will have been your life ~ Oliver Burkeman It’s the first day of the third month of 2022. Really?? Where did the first two months of 2022 go? Time has been on my mind lately....
The Strange Connection Between Happiness And Gratitude
Let’s start with a question. What comes first? Gratitude or Happiness? Research shows that expressing gratitude for things that you have (or are working in your life) gives you a pleasant feeling, a serotonin boost. And one way of defining happiness includes a general...
Savoring – The Opposite of Efficiency
After a few weeks in the USA where winter weather meant that the sun was not to be seen for several days, I found myself appreciating the sunshine that I take for granted when I’m home. In sunny Singapore, my day began with warm daylight streaming into my bedroom...
Preparing For A New Year, Again – Welcome 2022
As a resident of Singapore, I’m typically at the front of the wave of people ushering in the New year thanks to its eastern location. This year on New Year’s eve, I am in the West Coast of California, which has a whopping 16 hour time difference. It feels...
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